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QuikScat Finds Tempests Brewing In 'Ordinary' Storms
"June is busting out all
over," as the song says, and
with it, U.S. residents
along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts begin to gaze warily
toward the ocean, aware that
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In The Warming West, Climate Most Significant Factor In Fanning Wildfires' Flames
The recent increase in area
burned by wildfires in the
Western United States is a
product not of higher
temperatures or longer fire
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Hurricanes: Increased Technology Offers Better Ways For Officials And Public To See The Storm Ahead
The Wave-Current-Surge
Information System for
Coastal Louisiana now offers
graphic, easy-to-understand
model outputs projecting
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Large 2009 Gulf Of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Predicted
Aquatic ecologists say this
year's Gulf of Mexico "dead
zone" could be one of the
largest on record,
continuing a decades-long
trend that threatens the
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Climate Phenomenon Influences England's Chances In The Australian Leg Of The Ashes Cricket Series
June 25, 2009 — The El Nino Southern Oscillation phenomenon has been shown to have a significant effect on the results of the Ashes cricket series. When the series is held in Australia, the Australian Cricket team ... > full story -
Dry Autumns And Winters May Lead To Fewer Tornadoes In The Spring
June 24, 2009 — Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area's fall and winter may effect ... > full story -
Index Insurance Has Potential To Help Manage Climate Risks And Reduce Poverty
June 24, 2009 — A type of insurance called index insurance offers significant opportunities as a climate-risk management tool in developing countries, according to a new ... > full story -
300 Billion Weather Forecasts Used By Americans Annually, Survey Finds
June 23, 2009 — Close to nine out of 10 adult Americans obtain weather forecasts regularly, and they do so more than three times each day on average, a new U.S. nationwide survey has ... > full story -
Beating The Radar: Getting A Jump On Storm Prediction
June 21, 2009 — Satellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say ... > full story -
'Weedy' Bird Species May Win As Temperatures Rise
June 19, 2009 — Climate change is altering North American winter bird communities in ways that models currently favored by ecologists fail to predict. Current distributions of animals among different climate zones ... > full story -
Athletes, Spectators Faced Unprecedented Air Pollution At 2008 Olympic Games
June 19, 2009 — Particulate air pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing constantly exceeded levels considered excessive by the World Health Organization, was far worse than other recent Olympic Games, and ... > full story -
Climate Change Already Having Impact On U.S., Expected To Worsen
June 17, 2009 — Extreme weather, drought, heavy rainfall and increasing temperatures are a fact of life in many parts of the US as a result of human-induced climate change, researchers report. These and other ... > full story -
First Climate-based Model To Predict Dengue Fever Outbreaks
June 17, 2009 — Researchers have used global climatological data and vegetation indices from Costa Rica, to predict Dengue outbreaks in the ... > full story -
Maybe It's Raining Less Than We Thought: Physicists Make A Splash With Raindrops Discovery
June 11, 2009 — It's conventional wisdom in atmospheric science circles: Large raindrops fall faster than smaller drops because they have a greater terminal speed. Now a team of physicists has determined that it ... > full story
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